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Just Talk guidance for schools, colleges and other professionals Schools and Colleges Toolkit 2023-24 (PDF 3.36mb) Free resources guidance training directory Mental health awareness lesson plans, discussion guides and other guidance Top tips for parents leaflet (PDF, 45mb) – how to encourage their child to talk to them about their mental health. Just Talk Week November 2022 Check out "Look Beneath the Surface" resources from Just Talk Week 2022 which can be used all year round Gift of Kindness Poetry Competition 2022 Just Talk received so many amazing entries - thanks to everyone who wrote a poem and to all the schools/colleges who submitted their winning entries. Read the 20 shortlisted poems here. Five Ways to Wellbeing resources, assets and e-learning Read about our Five Ways to Wellbeing here. Children and Young People's Mental Health Services Transformation Plan for Hertfordshire Refresh October 2022
Just Talk guidance for schools, colleges and other professionals Schools and Colleges Toolkit 2023-24 (PDF 3.36mb) Free resources guidance training directory Mental health awareness lesson plans, discussion guides and other guidance Top tips for parents leaflet (PDF, 45mb) – how to encourage their child to talk to them about their mental health. Just Talk Week November 2022 Check out "Look Beneath the Surface" resources from Just Talk Week 2022 which can be used all year round Gift of Kindness Poetry Competition 2022 Just Talk received so many amazing entries - thanks to everyone who wrote a poem and to all the schools/colleges who submitted their winning entries. Read the 20 shortlisted poems here. Five Ways to Wellbeing resources, assets and e-learning Read about our Five Ways to Wellbeing here. Children and Young People's Mental Health Services Transformation Plan for Hertfordshire Refresh October 2022
Other Self Help tools and useful websites and information to help young people Hertfordshire's Mental Health Support Services - at a glance: Some of the services that can help, without a professional referral Guidance for if a child/young person is avoiding school or college due to anxiety Help Young People Feel Positive About Their Body: Useful tips and advice for managing body image and mental health from Just Talk's Real Bodies in Herts campaign If you're a professional working with children and young people in Hertfordshire and you'd like to know more about the services to support their emotional and mental wellbeing, subscribe to the monthly CAMHS newletter by emailing: JustTalk@Hertfordshire.gov.uk As well as the fantastic information from our partner organisations, we'd recommend taking a look at these:
Healthy Young Minds in Herts – Hertfordshire mental health information for young people, parents and professionals Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families - A toolkit for secondary school staff , sharing practical steps to support mental health through every day interactions with students My Teen brain professional pages – information to help support a teen through some of the most important years of their life. Self-care resources from Public Health England, with activities for Year 6 and KS3 and KS4 The Sleep Factor Lesson Plans & PowerPoints The Sleep Factor lesson plans and powerpoints KS2 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep KS3 and KS4 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep Promoting positive body image guidance Take a look at the Body Image guidance and quality assured resources for professionals in schools, to promote positive body image in ALL pupils. Body Image and social media guidance: Communications guidance to support positive body image in young people. Help for under 18s in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet at:Report Remove | Childline Webinars Body Positivity and Preventing eating disorders in children and young people (PPT 8.8kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021) Body Image in children and young people (PPT 29.6kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021) Please view the powerpoint documents in Slideshow format, to enable the voiceover format to play. What Parents and Carers and Children and Young People are telling us Hertfordshire Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Surveys Access results from previous surveys, including 2022 and 2021, here 2021 results webinar 2020 results Infographic Find out about the 2023 survey here Parents Carers Survey 2021 Results Infographic Communications guidance and materials Find out more about our Just Talk social media toolkit and other resources Just Talk Communications and Engagement Partnership Plan 2021-26 Early Help information for Hertfordshire's children and young people - powerpoint presentation for use in GP surgeries (October 2022) (7.6 mb) (being updated October 2023 and will be available soon) Early Help Social Media Follow us on social media
Healthy Young Minds in Herts – Hertfordshire mental health information for young people, parents and professionals Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families - A toolkit for secondary school staff , sharing practical steps to support mental health through every day interactions with students My Teen brain professional pages – information to help support a teen through some of the most important years of their life. Self-care resources from Public Health England, with activities for Year 6 and KS3 and KS4
The Sleep Factor Lesson Plans & PowerPoints The Sleep Factor lesson plans and powerpoints KS2 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep KS3 and KS4 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep
Promoting positive body image guidance Take a look at the Body Image guidance and quality assured resources for professionals in schools, to promote positive body image in ALL pupils. Body Image and social media guidance: Communications guidance to support positive body image in young people. Help for under 18s in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet at:Report Remove | Childline Webinars Body Positivity and Preventing eating disorders in children and young people (PPT 8.8kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021) Body Image in children and young people (PPT 29.6kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021) Please view the powerpoint documents in Slideshow format, to enable the voiceover format to play. What Parents and Carers and Children and Young People are telling us Hertfordshire Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Surveys Access results from previous surveys, including 2022 and 2021, here 2021 results webinar 2020 results Infographic Find out about the 2023 survey here Parents Carers Survey 2021 Results Infographic Communications guidance and materials Find out more about our Just Talk social media toolkit and other resources Just Talk Communications and Engagement Partnership Plan 2021-26 Early Help information for Hertfordshire's children and young people - powerpoint presentation for use in GP surgeries (October 2022) (7.6 mb) (being updated October 2023 and will be available soon) Early Help Social Media Follow us on social media
Find out how to join the Just Talk professional network If you're an organisation in Hertfordshire and you'd like to get involved in the Just Talk project, which has a network of more than 35 professional partners, drop us a line at: JustTalk@hertfordshire.gov.uk.
